The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-10-04
In Memoriam.

Mrs. Elizabeth Crocker Oat of Honolulu,
wife of the late Captain Joseph NJ. Dat, dIed
in San Francisco on Tuesday. Sept. 18th, at
the residence of her niece. Mrs. j. B. Peck.
Mrs. Dat, accompanied by her youngest sou
Fred, left the Islands few weeks ago to
visit her children, MIR. and Mrs. j. Mort Oat,
and other relatives and friends. While in
San Francisco she was seized by short
illness which terminated fatally. Mrs. Oat
| attended Divine service for the last time at
Howard Street Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. E. G. Oggel, her pastor in Honolulu,
officiating. The funeral service Was held on
Friday, September 18th, at the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. ]. b. Peck, 100 Eighteenth
Street, in the presence of a large number of
s,mpathizing friends. The Rev. E. G. Oggel
| officiated and made the following address:
NV friends This day the fact of our NOR
| tality is impressed upon US with unusual
| emphasis. The last honors have this morn
| ing been paid to Washington Bartlett, Gov
ernor of California, with impressive cere-
monies in the presence of great 1oncourse
of people. This afternoon we have come To
this house to pay our final tribute of esteem
and friendship to the memory of Il devoted
| mother, whom it has pleased God to take
unto Himself. The generations of mankind
vanish from the earth in quick succession.
Death steps in and the ranks of the living
are thinned. Parents pass away aud the
places that once knew them shall know them
| no more forever. Families are broken up
and the dearest ties are sundered. All, yes,
| this is a transient life, full of changes.
Truly we are like the shaoow of a cloud
sweeping over the plain and we too shall
| pass away.
On the 25th day of February. 1885, con-
Quoted in the Bethel Union Church of Homo
| lulu, the funeral services of Captain Joseph
VI. Oat He was called away i'll his seventy
sixth year. He was married to Elizabeth Il.
| Crocker. December II, 1884, III New York.
| For six wears, from 1849 tn 1885, they lived in
this city. Since June of 1855 their home was
| on the Hawaiian Islands. On December 18th,
| 1884, the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Dat was
made bower of beauty, the occasion being
the fftieth anniversary of their marriage.
1t was most pleasant event to the family
| and to the large number of visitors that Of
fered their congratulations to the aged and
| respected couple. For half, century they
! had been united, and had together borne the
burden and shared the joys of life. Two
months after that happy occasion Captain
| Dat was called to 'come up higher" Ont tine
| day of his burial l used these words: " To
| YOU, the companion of his many years, say,
be cou1forted. Having been together 50
long, you will miss him in days to come; but
| trust Iii God and in an ever-present Savior,
| who is the same yesterday and to-day and
forever" Apd rejoice III the promise of
| God of reunion in the better land aud home
| OH nlRD. Anu HOW bUdl Sic, ~ WuOLu j bubIl
| spoke these words, has also been taken away,
| | can say from personal knowledge that
| she did miss her husband, but also that she
WAS resigned to the will and way of God, in
whom she trusted aud to whom she had com
| mitted herself and her interests. Captain
and Mrs. O4t were both members of the
| Bethel Union Church, of which for three
years and till recently, had the honor to be
| the % istor. | was therefore we'll acquainted
| with the deceased, and we have often talked
| about this life and that which is to come, and
upon which she has now entered. This
| mother, Mrs Elizabeth Crocker Oat depart
| ed this life at the age of u years and few
| days, her birthday taking place last week,
September 7th. A matter which C lis for
glad and grateful recognition Is, that she
| had no lingering or painful illness, having
but for four or five days missed her wonted
| health, and then, unexpected to herself and
those near and dear, was beckoned by an ILL
visible hand on Tuesday morning, Sep
TENDER 18th, to come to the home
that Is on high, eternal IN the heavens
CAPTAIN and Mrs. Olt have had nine chill.
| dren, four OF whom are living-LewIs A..
of Norwich, Conn, who visited the Islands
i'll 1884; Joseph NJ, present hele to-day; John
NJ, absent, III honolulu; ana Frederick b.,
present on this OCCASION. 10 you, the chill
dren of Joseph Mort and Elizabeth Crocker
Dat | SAID on the occasion of your fathers
funeral, "Recognlze with gratitude to God,
that you carry to his last resting place to-day
an honorable ana honured man. To-day
let me say, remember also With gratitude
and let the thou ht comfort ana cheer you
through the ytarS-that you have had
| mother who Was Spared 10 you until you had
all come to iuanhood'S years, aud VINO, while
her thoughts Went up ard 10 uer God aud
| the lifelong compaIuUn gone before, was, AS
| you we'll know, wrapped up III you, ner boys,
| with the tender AMI CONSTANT affection of II
a lu,N Z
SAID Il am satisfied that you have done ali
that lay in your power TO please your father
| while he lived and especially to make his
| last days comfortable" To day IT Is my
privilege to say that you have done the
1>same for your mother, with equal love and
| ndelity. No one knows this better than
do. And | trust 1t will not be deemed out of
| place-it will not at least by the older SONS,
| for perhaps they expect 1t OF me-taat III thus
| connection, and ON this occasion, make spe
cial mention of the self sacrificing spirit and
devotion of Frederick b., the youngest of
the sons, to the mother, IN promoting, partl-
cularly since the death of your father, her
comfort and happiness to the full extent of
his power. In 1885 1 said, Submit now TO
the will of him, whom it hath pleased to take
your father unto himself" To-day and III
all coming days, IL, your thoughts on your
mother dwell and her image comes before
you, may you say from your hearts, The
| Lulu gave anu Tie II JIu HAIL bdhOh dWdyg
blessedbe the nameof the Lord" l think
of the daughters by marriage, one present
here. to-day, and of their share of love and
devotion, for which may God himself re
ward you. There are brother and sister
in the East. May God bless them with sal
walton and the JOY of His presence. And
here are Mrs. Peck, a niece, and her hus-
band, in whose home and presence 1t Is per
mitted me this afternoon to pay this tribute
of respect and affection to the departed
mother. Your home here has been hers dur
ing her visit to this city and from your
ministry of kindness and care she departed
to the rest and satisfaction of the Hereafter.
May God Himself be your portion and re-
ward. To the living l would say: Be ye also
ready. By the mercies of God present your
selves living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which is your reasonable service. So
will the end be peace and the Hereafter
bring you blessedness. My sorrowing friends
the mother is in the land of Immortality
We are still amid things mortal
" In land of graves
And heavy-beating waves3
She is amid the deathless-
Her anchor firmly fixed within the veil
We still remain, mid sin and wrong;
She. the tenant of brighter sphere,